Democratic Women of Pender County
Our Equility Luncheon was a tremendous success! We raised over $4,300 to support our candidates.
Canadities who addressed dwpc at our equality luncheon
Justice Anita Earls
Justice Anita Earls
Justice Anita Earls
Justice Earls gave a wonderful talk about why she is so passionate about retaining her seat on the NC Supreme Court. She made it clear that our actions and our votes have never been more important! Thank you, Justice Earls, for all you have acomplished, and we will do everything we can to get you re-elected in 2026!
Jillian de Miranda
Justice Anita Earls
Justice Anita Earls
Jill is running for a seat on the Surf City Council. She told the group that after living in 10 different places, here is where she found her forever home. Jillian believes that she can help bring needed changes to Surf City by listening and working with her neighbors.
Jillian is running in a contested race - so she will need our support in this 2025 election!
Shirley Jacobs
Justice Anita Earls
Shirley Jacobs
Shirley is a long-time member of DWPC - know to all of us for her activism and support of important issues. She is running to maintain her seat on the St. Helena Council. Shirley gave a great speech about how important it is that we all encourage everyone we know to get out and vote in 2025 and 2026.
Myra McDuffie
Justice Anita Earls
Shirley Jacobs
Myra is running for a seat on the Burgaw Board of Commissions. She has been active in the Burgaw area for years and many of us know her as the owner of MeeMa's Restaurant.
Myra shared with the group that she decided to run because she wants to be the voice of ALL people and help bring improve the future of Burgaw.
Supporting Pender County
DWPC has been part of this community since 2016. We have grown by working to help our neighbors make Pender County a better place to live and work.
United By A Common Goal
DWPC's mission is to support Democratic candidates get elected in Pender County, North Carolina and on the Federal Level.
We will turn Pender BLUE in 2024 with your support.
Get Involved
Get Involved
Everyone has unique talents and when you join DWPC, you can join with like-minded women throughout Pender County and make a difference.
Donate to DWPC
Contribute to DWPC's Sustaining Fund
A simple way to financially support DWPC and our future democratic candidates is to make a donation to our sustaining fund. You can donate whatever amount is comfortable for you in a one-time donation or you can make it a recurring donation. At the 2025 Planning Meeting, the group set our fundraising goal to be $15,000.
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DWPC Board of Directors
President
!st Vice-Chair Membership Chairperson
Deidre Hartsfield Term 2025-2027
2nd Vice-Chair Activism & Advocacy Committee
Co-Chairs
Annis Collins Term 2024-2026
Nancy Patton
3rd Vice-Chair Communication Manager
Mesha Perez Term 2025-2027
4th Vice-Chair Social Committee Chairperson
Teresa Pekard Term 2024-2026
Secretaty
Judy Clemmons Term 2025-2027
Treasurer
Teresa Poston Term 2025-2027
Christine Jones Term 2025-2027
Data Manager
Sonya Allen
Fundraising Chairperson
Cathe Ford
President's Message
DWPC President Connie Nelon's Closing Remarks at the Equality Luncheon
There are so many people to thank today.
- All of you, who bought tickets and came out to be with us.
- All the people who planned, organized, cooked, and served us.
- All of you who donated items to sell or auction, who bid on auction items, and who purchased items for sale.
I’ve not mentioned this before, but there are seven people in this room, who donate monthly toward our DWPC sustaining fund. You know who you are. Thank you! These monies provide the funds that we use to put on events such as this - so that every dollar we fundraise will go directly to the candidates.
I’d also like to thank Therese Sullivan for providing us this lovely space. By having our meeting here - for free - we can put more money to work getting our Democratic candidates elected.
Thank you to the five ladies and one gentleman from Sampson County who drove all this way to meet us and see what Pender is doing out here on the coast. By making connections with our sister counties - we are stronger across the region. When they hold events, we will get a group of DWPC members to go and support them in Sampson.
And a big thank you to Justice Earls, and our local Municipal Election candidates Ms Rodriquez de Miranda, Ms Jacobs, and Ms McDuffie, who spoke to us today. These brace women are putting themselves out there and we promise to do everything we can to get them elected.
Even with everything you’re all doing, there is still more to be done. And we need you to do what you can.
-if you have time, volunteer
-if you have money, donate
- DWPC needs a Fundraising Chair, which is a position on the Board.
- Pender County will need Democratic Poll Workers next year. And that’s a paid position
- consider getting active in your precinct. We still need some Precinct Chairs
- work for a candidate
- join us for one of the Advocacy or Activism events that Annis and Nancy talked about
- come out with us to NAACP events or League of Women Voter meetings
- Register for Mobilize and sign up for an event. There are two in Pender County coming up in September. NAACP is hosting a PBS documentary about the Wilmington Coup on September 6th with Justice Allison Riggs as the guest speaker and we’d like to fill the room. Also, the Fact Checking event on 9/14 is on Mobilize.
- sign up for 5 Calls and reach out to our elected officials
Everyone can do something, and together WE WILL MAKE DIFFERENCE!
Have a great day everyone!
Connie Nelson - DWPC President
We are Stronger TOGETHER
Thanks for everyone's hard work! We made a difference in Pender County